Dr. Julie Sinistore has been a dedicated vegan for 15 years and first turned to vegetarianism 19 years ago, after reading Frances Moore Lappe’s Diet for a Small Planet. In her current position as a Life Cycle Assessment consultant with PE INTERNATIONAL, she analyzes the environmental burdens and benefits of the production, use and disposal of goods and services from the agricultural and bio-based sectors to the electronics sector. Her educational path from a BS in Natural Resource Management with a Concentration in Conservation and Applied Ecology from Rutgers University through her MS in Agroecology and PhD in Biological Systems Engineering from UW-Madison lead her to study everything from soils and climate to engineering and agriculture. Today, she endeavors to make the world a more sustainable place through her career and life-style choices.